![]() ![]() “And, sometimes, it’s the last thing you talk about. “For us, writing together as a Black woman and a White woman, and as friends who became friends late in life, we had never talked about race until we really started writing this book because we didn’t have to,” Piazza said. The two used their own friendship – Pride is Black and Piazza is White – as a starting point. The story centers around a White woman named Jen and a Black woman named Riley, who are forced to deal with race after Jen’s police officer husband is involved in the shooting of a Black teen. ![]() Throughout their novel, uncomfortable events happen which start exactly the kind of conversation Pride and Piazza wanted their book, “We Are Not Like Them,” to tackle. The work is fictional, but the writing allows you to see the world through the eyes of a young Black teen. There is a moment in the beginning of the new book from Christine Pride and Jo Piazza that is written from the perspective of a 14-year-old Black boy.Īfter being shot by police, he thinks of his school picture that his mom will use when he dies and his death becomes news. ![]()
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